Incompetent definition
Having an incompetent lawyer may be grounds for a retrial, but the lawyer in question probably doesn't know that.
An incompetent manager.
An incompetent heart valve.
A defendant incompetent to stand trial.
The charged was judged incompetent to stand trial, at least until his medication started working.
An example of incompetent is a person getting behind the wheel of a manual transmission car, who doesn't know how to drive with a stick shift.
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Noun
Origin of incompetent
- From French incompétent
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